Pregnancy Outcomes in Patients With Hepatitis C Virus Infection.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the risks of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes associated with pregnancies complicated by hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.

Methods

This is a secondary analysis of a multicenter prospective cohort study of HCV infection in pregnancy. Participants were screened for HCV infection with serum antibody tests, and each participant with a positive HCV result (case group) was matched with up to two individuals with negative HCV results (control group) prospectively by gestational age (±2 weeks) at enrollment. Maternal outcomes included gestational diabetes, abruption, preeclampsia or gestational hypertension, cholestasis, and preterm delivery. Neonatal outcomes included hyperbilirubinemia, admission to neonatal intensive care (NICU); small-for-gestational

SUBMITTER: Hughes BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11784936 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature